aanvankelijk — meaning in English
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English meaning
- initial adj Happening at the very start; first.
- initially adv At first, before anything changed.
- originally adv At first, or in the beginning, before things changed.
Senses
aanvankelijk is used for these senses in English:
- at first (idiomatic) Initially; at the start; originally.
- initial Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
- initially At the beginning.
- originally (not comparable) As it was in the beginning; at first.
initial — full definition
- adj Happening at the very start; first.
- noun The first letter of a name or word.
- verb To mark or sign something with your initials.